Travel easily with the best small telescopes for observing when going on location or sharing with friends and family: Spot ...

Is it possible to view Pluto from a backyard telescope? Ethan Spyker Wadsworth, Ohio If I'm being honest, Pluto is difficult for an amateur astronomer to see. A standard 8-inch telescope just won ...

The newly discovered comet SWAN25F is delighting amateur astronomers, now visible and trackable with standard backyard equipment.

The best telescopes allow you to observe the night sky in more detail. The best telescopes unlock the wonders of the night sky right from your backyard and beyond. Bring the Moon and planets into ...

It starts with a footing for the telescope mount. This is completely separated from the building that surrounds it so there will be no issue with vibrations affecting the images it is capturing.

When those layers are turbulent, the light gets blurred, so images from observatories with large mirrors turn out no better than those from your backyard telescope. Adaptive optics corrects the ...

The subject of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...